As he spoke, he respectfully presented the list of gifts to the old lady for counting.
Old Madam Zhu took the gift list and looked at the young eunuch in surprise.
It was actually a reward from the emperor?
Has the emperor been too nice to the Zhu family recently?
He promoted Long Yuan, said he would give him a marriage, and then gave him several large boxes of things as a reward. What was going on?
I wish the old lady would quickly kneel down with her children to thank God for His grace.
After expressing her gratitude, the old lady signaled the maid to hand over a purse, which she personally handed to the young eunuch.
She asked in a low voice, "Eunuch, I want to ask you about the Empress and the Emperor..."
The young eunuch took the purse and said with a smile, "Old Madam, I don't know much more and I dare not say it, but I can tell you that the Empress has been resting in the Taiji Hall recently—"
The old lady was particularly surprised to hear this!
After politely sending the young eunuch away, Madam Zhu returned and said to her sons and eldest daughter-in-law with satisfaction, "The Empress must be favored."
Xiao Chengying understands the profound meaning of being favored.
He pointed at little Jun'an joyfully and asked, "Mom, is Third Sister going to have a baby soon? Am I going to have a nephew as cute as Jun'an?"
Madam Zhu smiled so hard that she couldn't stop. "It will happen. As long as the relationship between the Emperor and the Empress remains good, it will definitely happen!"
Zhu Chengying happily hugged Xiao Jun'an and jumped around, making Xiao Jun'an look confused!
"I already have two nephews, and what I want most now is nieces and nephews!"
He thought to himself, his nephew is a prince, and from now on he can often hold his nephew in his arms to show off to his friends, because he is the prince's uncle!
He is so awesome!
Seeing little Chengying so happy, the adults also laughed.
Who doesn’t want the queen to give birth to a little prince as soon as possible?
In this royal family, if one has the emperor's favor but no children, that favor is like a bubble in the sun and will not last long.
They also hope that the Queen will always stand proudly in the harem, and her status as a mother will be enhanced by her son, and her favor with the Emperor will never diminish.
"Mother, let's go see what good things the emperor has given us?"
Little Chengying couldn't stay any longer, so he pulled his fourth brother Zhu Chunjun to ask about his mother.
Old Madam Zhu smiled and handed the gift list to the two brothers, and he happily took his fourth brother to go through the boxes to check the gifts.
Tea, porcelain, gold, silver, jade, ivory and agate ornaments are no longer rare for the wealthy Zhu family.
The rarest items are a red coral ornament and two round and plump deep-sea pearls the size of pigeon eggs.
This pearl was obviously given to the old lady.
It is most suitable for an old woman of her age to be inlaid on the headband, showing the emperor's respect for the Zhu family.
When the eldest daughter-in-law Chen Yulan saw the pearl, her eyes were filled with joy.
Seeing that there were no outsiders around, she smiled and supported the old lady's arm and said, "This is the emperor honoring his mother-in-law on behalf of our third sister... This, this is not the emperor's reward to the minister's family, it is a son-in-law's filial piety to his mother-in-law!"
Old Madam Zhu smiled and patted her arm gently.
The old man looked at the gifts with tears in his eyes.
"As for me, I don't expect your third sister to protect our Zhu family in the palace. Our Zhu family is full of promising sons and daughters. We can support our Zhu family with our own abilities. I just hope that she can live well with the emperor and have a happiness like an ordinary woman..."
She sighed, "I hope that the emperor will not alienate her from her husband and wife because of his fear of our Zhu family."
Hearing the old lady's words, Zhu Chunjun, Zhu Chengying, and Zhu Xuanyuan, who were rummaging through the gifts, walked up to her and bowed solemnly.
"Please rest assured, mother. Your sons will behave themselves and act with caution. We will never let the Emperor become suspicious of the Zhu family, and we will never make things difficult for the Empress in the harem."
Mrs. Zhu was very pleased to see her three sons behave like this.
She held the hands of the three men and said, "You are all good children. You care about the Queen. The Queen will not forget you brothers and sisters. The future little princes and princesses will not be alienated from their uncles."
Zhu Chengying laughed heartily, "Mom, don't worry, we will love our nephew very much! If he wants the moon in the sky, uncle will pick it down for him!"
Zhu Xuanyuan and Zhu Chunjun looked at each other and nodded.
Not only was he not their nephew, he was also the prince of Daning, the one they should be loyal to.
Whether they want stars or the moon, they will pick them for their little nephew.
Of course, if the queen's child is a little niece, a lovely little princess, she will be spoiled even more.
Princesses of all dynasties had the tragic fate of being married off to foreign lands or to the sons of ministers to win their favor. However, the little princess protected by the Zhu family would never be forced to marry someone she didn't want to marry!
She has a brave and invincible grandfather, she has an uncle who is both civil and military, and she has an extremely powerful second uncle!
Her maternal grandfather and her eldest and second uncles were older and could support her and protect her for the first half of her life.
She also has her fourth uncle and younger uncle who are slightly younger than her. They can protect her for the rest of her life!
Zhu Xuanyuan looked at his son Jun'an again.
He curled his lips.
What's more, the little princess has cousins.
As long as the Zhu family does not fall, the little princess will always have a backer!
Even if the emperor has another little princess with other concubines in the future, no one can surpass the little princess who has the powerful maternal family of Zhu!
…
Zhu Wuhuan didn't know that her little prince and princess weren't even born yet, but her brothers and sisters from her mother's side had already vowed to protect them for her.
She has been so idle these past two days that she is almost going moldy.
The Empress Dowager was imprisoned, and no one made trouble.
The guy Prince Jin has also been imprisoned, so there is no need to worry.
Even the tyrant who had been hanging around in front of her has disappeared. She has no one to argue with and nothing to do. Isn't that boring?
So, whenever she was bored, she would take a walk in the garden.
I didn't expect that as soon as I arrived at the garden today, I saw the middle-aged official who had been waiting there for a long time.
Although she had the memory of Queen Zhu, she couldn't remember who she was for a moment.
It was only when the official knelt down and introduced himself that she found out.
"Left Censor-in-Chief Zhang Zhennan pays his respects to the Empress."
Zhu Wuhuan sat down in the small pavilion.
"Lord Zhang is still alive."
She stared at Zhang Zhennan with some vigilance.
The Censorate of the Da Ning Dynasty was in charge of supervision, impeachment and advice. Could it be that the Left Censor-in-Chief came to see her because she had done something wrong and he wanted to give her advice?
She asked, "Master Zhang, why did you wait for me here?"
Zhang Zhennan stood outside the pavilion, bowed respectfully, and said, "Your Majesty, I'm here to advise you. As the Empress of Daning, you should advise the Emperor to treat all the concubines equally. How can you monopolize the Emperor for so long?"
He was prepared to be scolded by the Queen, but unexpectedly, he heard the Queen's surprised voice!
"Master Zhang, you can't stand it anymore? I feel the same way as you!"
“…” Zhang Zhennan was a little dazed, almost thinking that he was hallucinating!
What kind of reaction is this?
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